Pesticide & Chemical Analysis

The presence of pesticides that could remain in or on the UK’s food & drink supply is monitored continuously by testing various foodstuffs on sale to the general public. This is extremely exacting work requiring the ability to detect 100s of different chemicals at concentrations of parts per billion (i.e. 1 part in 1000,000,000 parts). UK and EU surveillance programmes include both imported and home-produced food and covers staples such as bread, milk, babyfood, meat and fruit & vegetables. SASA has experience across the range of commodities, but currently focuses on the fruit and vegetable sector.